On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/1 Dennis Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Which version of pkg(5) are you running? You can check this using the >>>>> command "pkg version". >>>> >>>> like this mess ? >>>> >>>> -bash-3.2# pkg version >>>> d974bb176266 >>> >>> Right. So that obscure hash means you're running the 2008.05 FCS >>> version of SUNWipkg. Perhaps we should provide some sort of table on a >>> web page to allow easier decoding of the SUNWipkg version but in this >>> particular case, it looks like you haven't updated your SUNWipkg >>> version on the system via >>> >>> $ pfexec pkg refresh >>> $ pfexec pkg install [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> correct .. I have been very leary of jumping on that ... >> >> I guess I better bite that bullet and see what happens >> >> Dennis >> >> ps: why the pfexec stuff ? > > Because he's assuming you're running as the user created during > install of 2008.05. > > Thus, pfexec is needed to execute pkg with the necessary priviliges.
oh I have a serial console and a terminal connected .. also .. I tossed out that root role stuff. Dennis _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
